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I use AREXX all the time, as do many others here. I think the majority of folks use it more as a superdooper script language or a macro language for just one program. The IPC aspects have not been fully exploited. I have made some minor forays into IPC. I have one invocation of TxEd controlling another is a Whap-like thingy for other BBS's. Same thing for the M2Sprint Modula 2 editor running a context sensitive online reference. I have Microfiche Filer and DOS working together a lot (does that count?). You do not need AREXX to conform and use the AREXX standard of IPC in your programs. You could use it privately between your applications. In what I consider to be a bizarre move, Mindware plans to release a version of PageRender3D with NO user interface, just an AREXX port. Another Mindware product, TASS (a hypercard-y thing for AREXX), can optionally be used to "roll your own" interface – or not. Good AREXX interfaces. If you can do *everything* with AREXX you can do with a mouse and keyboard the AREXX interface is perfect, most programs need some work. Of the programs I've seen TxEd+, WShell and Digipaint3 come closest to that ideal. Microfiche Filer+ is good. The M2Sprint Editor is good. VLT is poor (otherwise outstanding comm program). I can't comment on others. — Art